Papua New Guinea

A letter to the United Nations said the landslide "buried more than 2000 people alive" and caused "major destruction."

The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of victims killed in the South Pacific island nation's interior. Estimates of the casualties have ...

As many as 2000 people are feared to have been buried by last week's massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, according to the country's National Disaster ...

Two found alive as overnight rains raise fears tonnes of rubble covering the area could become dangerously unstable.

Australia is also on standby to provide relief to those affected by a major landslide in a remote village in the highlands in which hundreds of people have been ...

More than 2000 people are feared to be buried alive, though the exact toll has been hard to establish.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by ...

Papua New Guinea will receive about $1.5 million of “practical and financial assistance” from New Zealand following a deadly landslide, Foreign Minister...

Rescue efforts are 'very challenging', Australian minister says, as aid agencies work to send supplies to remote part of Enga province.

It is unclear how the number was reached after initial estimates said 670 were killed in village of Yambali, with six bodies recovered by Monday morning.

The country has formally asked for international help following Friday's natural disaster.

"The landslide is still active - as people are digging through the rocks, more is still coming down."

Papua New Guinea moved to evacuate an estimated 7900 people from remote villages near the site of a deadly landslide on Tuesday, as authorities warned of ...

Rocks are still falling as search continues in Enga province for an estimated 2000 people buried by a mountain.

Officials are concerned water streams and bodies trapped beneath tons of debris that swept over a village last week could lead to a second landslide and ...

The United Nations will hold an emergency meeting to further coordinate the response to the disaster, which has been hampered by the weather and tribal ...

The blanket of debris covering a village has become more unstable with rain and streams trapped under it, officials say, and villagers digging with bare ...

Thousands of people are being evacuated Tuesday in an area of Papua New Guinea where the government says a landslide buried at least 2,000 people.

Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea's mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and ...

The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2000 people are believed to have been buried alive in a landslide in the South Pacific island nation.